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PRESENTATION TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES TUESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2022 Provincial & Municipal Measures to Address Crime and Build Coordinated Approach to Crime Prevention GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 1 GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Crime Reduction Generators of Crime Successes: Investigation and Prosecution of High Profile Cases Oversight Visit Reports IGR Arrangements Community Crime Prevention New Programmes in 2022/2023 Key Priorities 2022/2023 Recommendations CRIME REDUCTION 17 COMMUNITY REPORTED CRIMES:TREND OVER 5-YEAR PERIOD GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 4 218000 213000 208000 203000 198000 193000 188000 183000 178000 Total 17 Total Arrests 212 751 2 489 1.2% -1 670 -0.8% -34 387 -16.1% 21 495 12.0% 2017/2018 212751 2018/2019 215240 2019/2020 213570 145274 2020/2021 179183 147276 2021/2022 200678 128811 CRIME REDUCTION CONTACT CRIMES: TREND OVER 5-YEAR PERIOD GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 5 87000 85000 83000 81000 79000 77000 75000 73000 71000 Contact Crimes 3 362 4.1% 13 922 19.5% 1 348 1.7% 79 842 -13 059 -15.4% 2017/2018 79842 2018/2019 81190 2019/2020 84552 2020/2021 71493 2021/2022 85415 CRIME REDUCTION PROPERTY RELATED CRIMES: TREND OVER 5-YEAR PERIOD GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 6 70000 68000 66000 64000 62000 60000 58000 56000 54000 52000 Property Related Crimes 68 037 -844 -1.2% -4 083 -6.1% 2017/2018 68037 2018/2019 67193 2019/2020 63110 2020/2021 52586 2021/2022 52937 -10 524 -16.7% 351 0.7% CRIME REDUCTION TOTAL CRIMES DEPENDENT ON POLICE ACTION: TREND OVER 5-YEAR PERIOD GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 7 73000 68000 63000 58000 53000 48000 43000 38000 33000 28000 23000 Total Crimes DPA 67 553 -15 196 -22.5% -5 674 -10.8% 2017/2018 67553 2018/2019 52357 2019/2020 46683 2020/2021 24045 2021/2022 25091 -22 638 -48.5% 1 046 4.4% GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 8 CRIME REDUCTION Protests in KZN: 01 Jan 2019 - 20 Jan PROTESTS PER DM: NOV 2021 - JAN 2022
25 30 23 29 PROTESTS PER DM: NOV 2021 - JAN 2022 Uthukela 1% Umzinyathi 3% Amajuba Ethekwini 37% Umgungundlovu 19% 5% Umkhanyakude 5% Harry Gwala 6% Political 38% Ilembe 6% King Cetshwayo 6% Ugu 6% Zululand 6% Protest per issue: Nov 2021 - Jan 2022 SERVICE DELIVERY PROTESTS PER ISSUE: NOV 2021-JAN 2022 Traditional 2% Education 3% Transport 7% Basic services 6% Roads 8% Labour 21% Service Delivery 29% Electricity 58% Land/Housing 14% Water 14% 8 GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 9 Group Behaviour • Taxi conflicts • Mob Justice/ Community retaliation • Community Protests • Tribal Conflict Other Factors • Parolees, repeat offenders and habitual offenders (offenders committing multiple categories of offences) Illegal liquor and drug outlets • • Proliferation of firearms GENERATORS OF CRIME Socio Economic Conditions • Influx of foreign nationals contributing to overcrowding • Homeless people • Street children • Unemployment • Corruption • Dysfunctional families and relationships • Child headed homes • Alcohol and substance abuse Spatial/Environmental Design • Increase of Informal Settlements • Dilapidated and vacant buildings • Poor lighting • • Unlicensed shops owned by foreign nationals • Poor road conditions – for easy access • Overgrown/dense bushes Lack of/limited surveillance technology in hotspot areas GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 10 SUCCESSES: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF HIGH PROFILE CASES Political Related Cases 259 Political related cases were reported with 68 are still under investigation, 51 are court going, 6 awaiting prosecutor's decisions, 6 withdrawn and 128 have since been finalised.
296 Suspects were arrested and charged.

78 Suspects are still in custody, 35 on bail, 13 deceased, 13 turned Section 204 witnesses, 81 were released at court, 30 found not guilty and 46 were found guilty and convicted.
Of the 46 accused found guilty; 31 are for Murder, 13 for Intimidation, 1 for Extortion and 1 for Malicious damage to property with sentences ranging as follows: - Life sentences (10 accused) - 10 to 50 years (22 accused) - 1 to 9 years (11 accused) - Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) (3 accused i.e.

intimidation) 46 Accused were found guilty on 36 political related cases which are 18 Murders, 16 Intimidations, 1 MITP and 1 Extortion.
283 Firearms were recovered for three categories which are Adhoc cases (Intelligence Driven Operations), Parallel cases (Linked through similar firearms or suspects) and political related cases.

33 Firearms (4 x rifles and 29 x pistols) recovered have been linked to 27 political related cases (24 x Murder and 3 x Attempted Murder).

The Political Task Team established investigates all political-related cases.
GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 11 SUCCESSES: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF HIGH PROFILE CASES Killings of Amakhosi and Izinduna The total reported cases for attacks of Amakhosi and Izinduna were 42 with 43 deceased/victims (13 Amakhosi and 30 Izinduna).

The charges were as follows: 38 cases for Murder (10 Amakhosi) and (28 Izinduna), 02 cases for Attempted Murder (1 Inkosi) and (02 Izinduna), 01 case for Conspiracy (1 inkosi) and 01 case for KIDNAPPING (1 Inkosi).
25 suspects were arrested and charged in 14 cases: 14 are in custody and 09 are out on bail, 01 deceased, 01 was found guilty and convicted for Murder and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.

14 cases went to court: 06 cases were withdrawn due to insufficient evidence, 07 cases are still court going.

01 case was finalised (Accused deceased).

26 cases are under investigation.

Priority Committee established with Nkosi Chiliza as the chairperson.
The Committee consists of COGTA , the KZN House of Traditional Leaders and the SAPS.

A Provincial task team was established to investigate these cases consisting of 12 members.
GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 12 SUCCESSES: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF HIGH PROFILE CASES Truck Protests and Attacks Taxi Related Violence The total reported cases for truck protest and attacks cases were 37: Total reported cases for taxi related violence cases were 36: 26 suspects were arrested and charged: 03 are in custody and 22 are out on bail whilst 01 was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of R 2000.00 for unlawful possession of ammunition.
10 cases went to court: 03 cases were withdrawn, 07 cases are still court going.

25 cases were finalised as undetected and 01 found guilty.

14 suspects were arrested and charged, all are still in custody.

06 cases went to court: 01 case pending prosecutor’s decision, 05 cases are still court going.

30 cases are under investigation.


Convictions during the reporting period but relating to older cases: 20 accused found guilty : 10 x Murder, 02 x Attempted Murder, 07 x Possession of Firearm, 01 x Robbery 01 cases is under investigation.
The Provincial Government leads an integrated Provincial Road Freight and Logistics Task Team which coordinates violence management and enforcement responses Sentences were as follows: - 16 Life sentences - 1 x 15 years - 25 years : 08 Accused : 01 Accused : 03 Accused The Provincial Government has an established taxi violence regulation and approach / strategy including engagement, enforcement GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 13 SUCCESSES: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF HIGH PROFILE CASES Extortion at Construction Sites (2014 to date) Unrest 2021 Total reported cases for extortion at construction sites were 51.
Total reported cases for unrest related cases were 7 122.

17 Suspects were arrested and charged: 05 are still and 07 are out on bail, 05 withdrawn in custody 08 cases went to court: 04 cases were withdrawn and 04 cases are still court going.

01 case was closed as false.

42 cases are under investigation.


One of the key challenges is the apparent unwillingness on the side of victims to open cases and provide evidence 3 093 suspects were arrested and charged: in custody, 2361 are on bail, 514 were released at court, 16 were found not guilty, 175 were found guilty and convicted in 100 charges.

27 are still 5 489 cases went to court: 1 465 cases are still court going.

383 were withdrawn, 3 588 were finalised as undetected.
1 633 cases are under investigation including 53 case pending prosecutor’s decision.

GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 14 SUCCESSES: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF HIGH PROFILE CASES Cash-In-Transit 78 Cases were reported.

74 Suspects arrested.

A total number of 22 cases were solved resulting in 04 convictions.

Police Killings 63 Cases of Police officials killed were reported with a total number of 78 members killed.

21 Members were on duty whilst 57 were off duty.

95 Suspects were arrested.


41 Cases were resolved with 16 convictions.

Fraud and Corruption in Commercial Crime 673 Cases of serious corruption were reported.

218 Suspects were arrested with 52 convictions.


SUCCESSES: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF GBV CASES GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 15 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) CASES Total reported cases for GBV were 19 222 5 863 suspects were arrested and charged: - 07 accused were deceased, 1 054 are still in custody and 64 were found not guilty, 43 were found guilty and convicted.
16 157 cases went to court: - - 07 cases were withdrawn ( deceased), 5 280 cases are still court going, 10 763 awaiting prosecutor's decisions.

107 cases were finalised: 07 deceased, 64 found not guilty and 43 found guilty and convicted for Rape, Sexual Assault, Attempted Rape, Statutory Rape, Kidnapping.

Sentences including previous period were as follows: - 37 Life sentences : 35 accused for Rape - 10 to 50 years : 121 accused : 176 accused - 1 to 9 years 3 065 cases are under investigation.
GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 16 OVERSIGHT VISIT REPORTS - - - - - - Provincial Executive (Operation Siyahlola) Portfolio Committee on Police (National and Provincial) Civilian Secretariat (Provincial) / Community Safety and Liaison Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) SAPS Internal Audit SAPS Inspectorate Resource Challenges Functionality of the Service General Findings Facilities - Inadequate and unsuitable infrastructure Vehicles - Shortage and unsuitable Personnel - Unskilled - Ill-disciplined - Shortage of human resources especially women police officials Visible Policing - - - Low level of compliance of Domestic Violence Act Non compliance with internal controls Inadequate resource allocation criteria Detective Services - Training and development to be prioritized Forensic Laboratory Services - Infrastructure challenges and operational performance in as far as backlogs are concerned GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 17 INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ARRANGEMENTS National Provincial Municipal MINMEC • KZN JCPS Cluster reporting to Exco • ProvJOINTS • Provincial Efficiency Enhancement • District Development Model (DDM) / Operation Sukuma Sakhe (OSS) • Municipal Rapid Response Teams Committee • Provincial Intelligence Coordinating Committee • Multi-party Political Intervention Committee (MPPIC) • Public Protest Task Team • Road Freight & Logistics Task Team (Public Protests) • District MPPICs Provincial IGR structures and arrangements are well entrenched and fully functional for the most part (although there is always room to do better).
At a municipal level, OSS / DDM are functional in several districts and have crime prevention on the agendas or in some cases JCPS sub-committees.

This needs to be improved.

District MPICCs were only launched prior to the 2021 LGE and must still be entrenched.
COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION Provincial Municipal GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 18 • KZN Provincial Community Police Board • KZN Provincial Youth Desk • KZN Communiity Crime Prevention Association (CCPA) • District Community Police Boards • District Youth Desks • District CCPAs • • • • Over 1000 crime prevention volunteers (under EPWP) with at least 1 in every ward, 40 focusing on the border with Mozambique, 70 in priority Victim Friendly Facilities and 94 focusing on stock theft 184 CPFs / Sub-Forums 184 Youth Desks Local CCPAs / Neighbourhood Watches • Community Safety Forums Structures are functional although the restructuring of the police to align it to municipal boundaries and overdue election processes have affected their effectiveness.
COVID-19 gathering restrictions have also impacted negatively on their programmes.

The CSFs are mostly non-functional and their roles also overlap with the DDM JCPS.

The experience of the July 2021 unrest has illustrated how robust these structures can be, but also underlined the inherent risk of vigilantism and maverick actions with the support of private security.
A capacitation programme has been in place for many years, but this must be strengthened and refocused The KZN framework also provide for a KZN Council Against Crime, but this body has never really been functional due to an overlap with the role of the JCPS Cluster, and ward safety committees, but efforts to establish these have not been as successful due to challenges in cooperation of ward councillors.

GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 19 NEW PROGRAMMES FOR 2022/2023 1.
Sport against crime revamped and reactivated • A memorandum of agreement has been signed between Comsafety and Sport and Recreation, Arts and Culture.

This assists in proper coordination and responsibility and resource sharing, but also to action integration among government departments.

DOE and DOT has been roped in based on the commitments made by MECs responsible.
• Work Done on Implementation: Ndumo sports against crime (14th and 15th January 2022), Ugu sports against crime, (29th January 2022), Ntunjambili sports against crime (30th January 2022).

• This programme will continue in all districts and later districts will compete against each other until there are provincial winners.
The objectives of these games are to move youth away from drugs and other social ills; promote a healthy lifestyle; promote social cohesion among different communities, and across ethnic and racial lines; promote safety in schools and promote teaching and learning.

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Community Safety Intervention Unit • The recent spate of murders of Traditional Leaders have highlighted the necessity for an urgent intervention by the DCSL beyond the normal law enforcement response.
• The establishment of a Community Safety Intervention Unit on a pilot project basis focusing on the hot-spot districts is proposed as such an intervention to conduct a security analysis relating to any incident and facilitate threat analyses and facilitate the provision of recommended interim static and/or personal protection services by private security service providers GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 20 KEY PRIORITIES 2022/2023 1.

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Election of Community Policing Forums and Sub-forums/Youth Desks initiated by the DCSL and Office of the PC will unfold between January 2022 and June 2022 Crime Summit to address the causal factors into the culture of Violence and Murder in KwaZulu-Natal.
Investigate feasibility of more satellite police stations in rural areas National Public Works to be engaged on maintenance of police stations Case Docket Monitors to be employed in all districts Provincial programme for awareness and addressing cybercrime developed and implemented Engagement of PSIRA in respect of maverick private security companies to review their conduct and firearm capacity Training of communities in areas where mining operations are undertaken on peace and business development Voluntary Community Safety Structures for example KZNCCPA and its affiliated organizations - review, assess, capacitate where necessary, and ensure more compliance with the law as well as consequence management GROWING KWAZULU-NATAL TOGETHER 21 RECOMMENDATIONS • SAPS to prioritize the training of all station management in the upcoming financial year so as to ensure that station management have the necessary competencies, skills and leadership to provide strategic direction to stations; Improve performance in discipline management by setting up trial units; • • Ensure the implementation of Sector Policing; • Ensure Detective training and development be prioritized in the upcoming financial year; • Reprioritize the allocation of resources focusing on the adequacy of human and physical resources such as motor vehicles and manpower to strengthen police visibility and timeous response to crime incidents; • Ensure that the full implementation of Case Docket Management System (ICDMS); • Urgently address the challenges experienced with the SAPS garages, especially in respect of the lengthy delays that stations experience at these garages, and the Forensic Science Laboratory; • Resourcing of Victim Friendly Facilities; • Parole Board to engage communities before parolees are released to ensure improved integration and prevent re-offending; • Home Affairs to increase capacity at Ports of Entry to alleviate the constraints experienced; • Establish Public Order Policing capacity in all districts, in line with the DDM, to ensure improved stability management; • Review of the Regulations under the Firearms Control Act in order to regulate the carrying of firearms in public by security companies, especially within the Taxi Industry, Business Forums as well as Personal Protection Services THANK YOU